Débora Souza Silva – Chicken & Egg Pictures https://archive.chickeneggpics.org Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:18:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cropped-CElogo_Preferred_Digital-1-32x32.jpg Débora Souza Silva – Chicken & Egg Pictures https://archive.chickeneggpics.org 32 32 Machtat World Premiere + Four Nest-supported Films at Visions du Réel https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/machtat-world-premiere-four-nest-supported-films-at-visions-du-reel/ https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/machtat-world-premiere-four-nest-supported-films-at-visions-du-reel/#respond Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:10:20 +0000 https://chickeneggpics.org/?p=12067 Chicken & Egg Pictures is proud to see five Nest-supported films in the lineup for Visions Du Réel 2023. The festival will take place between Friday, April 21 to Sunday, April 30 in Nyon, Switzerland. 

We are sending special congratulations to the 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee Machtat on their World Premiere!

Against the Tide

dir. Sarvnik Kaur

prods. Koval Bhatia, Quentin Laurent

Still from Against the Tide

Against the Tide is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee participating in the Grand Angle Section.

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Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes From the Labudović Reels

dir. & prod. Mila Turajlić

prod. Carine Chichkowsky

Still from Ciné Guerrillas: Scenes From the Labudović Reels

Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes From the Labudović Reels will be participating in the Grand Angle Section and was supported through Mila Turajlić’s 2020 Chicken & Egg Award.  

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Eat Bitter

dir. Ningyi Sun, Pascale Appora-Gnekindy

prod. Mathieu Faure

The upper half is characters Luan and Thomas' faces and Thomas prays to the left of their faces; and the lower half is the back of Thomas' head and him getting ready to dive in the yellowish river.
Still from Eat Bitter

Eat Bitter is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist participating in the Grand Angle Section.

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El eco / The Echo

dir. & prod. Tatiana Huezo

prod. Dalia Reyes

Still from El Eco. Two young kids sit on a large rock jutting out from the side of a grassy hill. They are facing away from the camera. In front of them is a grassy valley with sheep grazing in it.
Still from El eco / The Echo

El eco / The Echo will be participating in the Grand Angle Section and was supported through Tatiana Huezo’s 2021 Chicken & Egg Award.  

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Machtat

dir. Sonia Ben Slama

prods. Tania El Khoury, Cécile Lestrade, Elise Hug

Still from Machtat

Machtat is a 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee having its World Premiere in the International Feature Film Competition.

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Vdr-Rough Cut Lab & VdR-Pitching Session

Our Daughters

dir. & prod. Chithra Jeyaram 

Four adults are in the entrance of a house, two women hold a circle with her hands, in front of two men. Each men have a baby on their shoulders.
Still from Our Daughters

2022 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee Our Daughters will be participating in the VdR rough cut lab. 

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Florence from Ohio

dir. Stephanie Wang Breal

prods. Mynette Louie, Carrie Weprin 

Still from Florence from Ohio

Florence from Ohio was supported through Stephanie Wang Breal’s 2019 Chicken & Egg Award and it is participating in the VdR-Pitching Session.

Meet our Team at Visions Du Réel

Representing Chicken & Egg Pictures, our Associate Director of Program Sabine Fayoux Cantillo will be in attendance at Visions Du Reel. While in Nyon, she’ll be participating in VdR-Pitching, attending VdR-Work in Progress, and taking 1-1 meetings with filmmakers. 

Written by Spring Intern Tess Caldwell

]]> https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/machtat-world-premiere-four-nest-supported-films-at-visions-du-reel/feed/ 0 Four Nest-supported films at Atlanta Film Festival 2023 https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/four-nest-supported-films-at-atlanta-film-festival-2023/ https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/four-nest-supported-films-at-atlanta-film-festival-2023/#respond Mon, 03 Apr 2023 14:30:47 +0000 https://chickeneggpics.org/?p=12021 Chicken & Egg Pictures is egg-static to see four Nest-supported films represented in the lineup of the 2023 edition of Atlanta Film Festival, which will take place from Thursday, April 20 to Sunday, April 30 in Atlanta, Georgia.

For our Children

(previously Black Mothers Love & Resist)

dir. & prod. Débora Souza Silva

prod. David Felix Sutcliffe, Adina Luo

Still from For our Children

For our Children is a 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee competing in the ​​Documentary Feature, Noir (Spotlight on Black Filmmakers), and New Mavericks (Women & GNC Directed + Starring) sections.

Get your tickets here.

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Eat Bitter

dir. Ningyi Sun, Pascale Appora-Gnekindy

prod. Mathieu Faure

The upper half is characters Luan and Thomas' faces and Thomas prays to the left of their faces; and the lower half is the back of Thomas' head and him getting ready to dive in the yellowish river.
Still from Eat Bitter

Eat Bitter is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist competing in the Documentary Feature and Noir (Spotlight on Black Filmmakers) Sections.

Get your tickets here.

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It’s Only Life After All

dir. & prod. Alexandria Bombach

prods. Kathlyn Horan, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous

Still from It's Only Life After All
Still from It’s Only Life After All

It’s Only Life After All was supported through Alexandria Bombach’s 2019 Chicken & Egg Award and is competing in the Documentary Feature, New Mavericks (Women & GNC Directed + Starring), and Pink Peach (Spotlight on LGBTQ Stories & Perspectives) sections.

Get your tickets here.

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Silent Beauty

dir. Jasmin Mara López 

Still from Silent Beauty

Silent Beauty is a 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee participating in the Documentary Feature, New Mavericks (Women & GNC Directed + Starring), and ¡CineMás! (Spotlight on Latin American Stories and Perspectives) sections.

Get your tickets here.

Written by Spring Intern Tess Caldwell

]]> https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/four-nest-supported-films-at-atlanta-film-festival-2023/feed/ 0 Half a Dozen Nest-supported Films at the 2023 SFFILM Festival https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/half-a-dozen-nest-supported-films-at-2023-sffilm/ https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/half-a-dozen-nest-supported-films-at-2023-sffilm/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:13:49 +0000 https://chickeneggpics.org/?p=12011 Chicken & Egg Pictures is proud to see six Nest-supported and two AlumNest films screening at the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival. The festival will take place from Thursday, April 13 to Sunday, April 23 across theaters in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.  

We are sending special congratulations to the 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee Sol in the Garden for their World Premiere. 

Against the Tide

dir. Sarvnik Kaur 

prod. Koval Bhatia, Quentin Laurent

Still of Against the Tide. Two men go through the content of their fishing net, there are a fish and plastic trash.
Still from Against the Tide

Against the Tide is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee having its California Premiere as a part of the Documentaries: International section. 

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How to Carry Water

dir. Sasha Wortzel

prod. Jess Devaney, Anya Rous, Colleen Cassingham

Still from How to Carry Water

How to Carry Water was supported in partnership with Multitude Films as a part of the QUEER FUTURES series and will take part in the “Shorts 3: The Body” section of the festival.

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Hummingbirds

dirs. Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras

co-dirs. & prods. Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodriguez-Falco

prods. Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth Medow

Silvia and Beba smile as they point their middle finger at the fire-work lit sky. There is a red light on Beba's middle finger, and a green light on Silvia's.
Still from Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist having its California premiere in the Documentaries: USA and GGA Documentary Competition sections.

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Milisuthando

dir. Milisuthando Bongela

prod. Marion Isaacs  

Still from Milisuthando. Aerial shot of a person braiding their hair.
Still from Milisuthando

Milisuthando is a 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee having its California premiere in the Documentaries: International and GGA Documentary Competition sections.

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Sol in the Garden

dirs. & prods. Emily Cohen Ibañez and Débora Souza Silva

Still from Sol in the Garden. A woman in profile to the camera is inside a greenhouse, touching the leaves of a guava tree.
Still from Sol in the Garden

Sol in the Garden is a 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee having its World Premiere as a part of the Bay Area Short Film category as well as a three-part shorts program.

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The Tuba Thieves

dir. & prod. Alison O’Daniel

Still from The Tuba Thieves. A person looking up with their hand beside their face holding two fingers. Below them is a text that reads the first evening's stars begin to appear. Black and White photograph.
Still from The Tuba Thieves

The Tuba Thieves is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee having its California Premiere as a part of the Documentaries: USA section. 

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From the AlumNest

Post written by Spring intern Tess Caldwell

]]> https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/half-a-dozen-nest-supported-films-at-2023-sffilm/feed/ 0 The Nest at Big Sky Documentary Film Fest https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/the-nest-at-big-sky-documentary-film-fest/ https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/the-nest-at-big-sky-documentary-film-fest/#respond Sun, 26 Feb 2023 21:47:24 +0000 https://chickeneggpics.org/?p=11771 The 20th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival took place from February 17 through February 26 in Montana. We were proud to see four Nest-supported films and seven AlumNest films in the line-up, as well as a retrospective dedicated to 2017 Chicken & Egg Award recipient Penny Lane. 

For our Children

(previously Black Mothers Love & Resist)

dir. & prod. Débora Souza Silva

prod. David Felix Sutcliffe, Adina Luo

Still from For Our Children

For Our Children is a 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.

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The Hamlet Syndrome

dirs. Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski

prod. Magdalena Kaminska

Still from The Hamlet Syndrome
Still from The Hamlet Syndrome

The Hamlet Syndrome was supported through Elwira Niewira’s 2021 Chicken & Egg Award.

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From the AlumNest

Penny Lane 2017 Breakthrough Filmmaker Award

Nest-supported filmmaker Penny Lane was selected as the 2023 Retrospective artist. The retrospective includes six films directed by Lane from 2010 to today, including Nest-supported Hail Satan?, The Pain of Others; and Nuts!, Our Nixon, and The Voyagers. 

  • For the Record
    dir. & prod. Heather Courtney
    prod. Paul Stekler

  • Sealed in Blood
    dir. Sofian Khan
    prod. J. Motts

  • Lily Gladstone: Far Out There
    dir. & prod. Brooke Pepion Swaney
    prod. Jeri Rafter

Lily Gladstone: Far Out There will being having its World Premiere

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]]> https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/the-nest-at-big-sky-documentary-film-fest/feed/ 0 Nest-supported films at San Francisco International Film Festival! https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/nest-supported-films-at-sffilm/ https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/nest-supported-films-at-sffilm/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:59:00 +0000 https://chickeneggpics.org/?p=10441 We are egg-cited to see three Nest-supported filmmakers, and two AlumNest filmmakers participating at the 65th San Francisco Film Festival, taking place from Thursday, April 22 through Sunday May 1, with a full in-person lineup.

Mija

dir. & prod. Isabel Castro

prod. Tabs Breese, Yesenia Tlahuel

Close up to the face of Doris singing
Still from Mija

With Doris’ voice as our guide, Mija uses VHS archive, verité footage, and camcorder vlogging to tell the story of two young women’s coming-of-age journeys as they look for success and belonging. The film is an immensely emotional and intimate portrait honoring the resilience of immigrants and their children. 

Mija is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee and is part of the McBaine Documentary Feature Competition.

For our Children

(previously Black Mothers Love & Resist)

dir. & prod. Débora Souza Silva

prod. David Felix Sutcliffe

Still from For our Children

Wanda Johnson and Angela Williams, mothers of young Black men victimized by police brutality, come together and build a network of community-led support, mutual aid, and healing in this trenchant documentary. 

For our Children is a 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee and is part of the Documentaries: USA section.

Midwives

dir. & prod. Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing

prods. Bob Moore, Ulla Lehmann, Mila Aung-Thwin

Still from Midwives

A tale of the complicated relationship between Rohingya and Buddhists in Myanmar, told over five years through the eyes of two midwives from either side of the divide. 

Midwives is a 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee and is part of the Documentaries: USA section.

From the AlumNest

  • The Janes
    dirs. Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes
    prods. Emma Pildes, Daniel Arcana, Jessica Levin

  • TikTok, Boom.
    dir. & prod. Shalini Kantayya
    prods. Ross M. Dinerstein, Danni Mynard

A special shout out to our Co-Founder & Board President Julie Parker Benello, producer of Sell/Buy/Date (dir. & prod. Sarah Jones, prods. David Goldblum, Julie Parker Benello), screening in the Documentaries: USA section.

Check out the full line-up with this link.

]]> https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/nest-supported-films-at-sffilm/feed/ 0 Six Nest-supported filmmakers receive The Spark Fund! https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/six-nest-supported-filmmakers-receive-the-spark-fund/ https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/six-nest-supported-filmmakers-receive-the-spark-fund/#respond Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:07:52 +0000 https://chickeneggpics.org/?p=10331

We are egg-tremely proud to see six Nest-supported filmmakers among Firelight Media Spark Fund’s 36 recipients. This one-time opportunity offers a $50,000 stipend to established, independent documentary filmmakers who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color (BIPOC) and whose work on humanities-themed projects was disrupted by the COVID-19 public health emergency.  
Congratulations to all the recipients!

Assia Boundaoui The Feeling of Being Watched 2016 Accelerator Lab2016 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee Assia Boundaoui (The Feeling of Being Watched)

A headshot of a woman looking at the camera with curly medium length hair, wearing a blazer and a necklace2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee Débora Souza Silva (For our Children)

Portrait of a woman with short medium hair, slightly tilting down their head and looking up at the cameraNest-supported filmmaker Farihah Zaman (Remote Area Medical)

Portrait of a woman with medium length hair, wearing a scarf and looking2017 Chicken & Egg Award recipient Grace Lee (American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs)

Headshot of a woman with short curly hair, looking at the camera and with a blurry background2016 Chicken & Egg Award recipient Michèle Stephenson

Made in India Vaishali SinhaNest-supported filmmaker Vaishali Sinha (Made in India)

Headshot of a woman tilting her head to her left and widely smiling. She wears dreadlocks, an open shirt with a shirt underneath and a necklace.We are sending an extra special congratulations to our Senior Creative Consultant Yvonne Welbon, who was also selected as one of the recipients.

Check out the full list of recipients and learn more about them with this link.

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